• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Blocking YouTube ads I support.

      Sponsorblocker is just shitty. That money goes directly to the content creators, not Google. It hurts the wrong people.

      Besides, you can fast-forward those.

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        1 year ago

        Does SponsorBlock automatically skipping vs me manually scrubbing actually make any difference to what the creator receives in compensation?

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          1 year ago

          No, I doubt the analytics software can tell the difference. It just sees the user skip from timestamp X to Y

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        1 year ago

        Besides what others have said, many YouTubers that include sponsor segments get paid a flat rate for doing so before/when the video is published. They don’t get recurring revenue based on sponsor segments, only from YouTube ads.